Here is a fun trick. Try to get the call on the first ring. That way you should get the telemarketer. When they start speaking tell them you are on your cell phone and you have a bad connection and please call you right back. Most of the time they will. When you answer this time give them the same story and see how many time you can get them to call back before THEY give up and add you to their "annoyance call list" Another trick I did one time. Once they started their pitch I simply said "Do you know who you called?" They stated my name again and I say "Doesn't that my name ring a bell" Of course they say "no". So then I tell them "You are speaking with the personal assistant to Govenor __________ of the State of __________. So do you really want to continue this conversation?" They hung up.